Re: Profile setup in PostgreSQL

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> Similarly in PostgreSQL do we have options to restrict the users on
> password complexity.

According to the docs, there is a module called passwordcheck that will
check the password,

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/passwordcheck.html

https://paquier.xyz/postgresql-2/postgres-module-highlight-customize-passwordcheck-to-secure-your-database/

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 6:12 PM MichaelDBA <MichaelDBA(at)sqlexec(dot)com> wrote:

> First of all, it would be good to check the PG DOCs to get easy answers
> like this. Steps:
> 1. google it: Postgresql alter role
> 2. Choose the one that points to the official pg docs.
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/sql-alterrole.html
> 3. Change the version at top of the page to your PG version.
>
> Now on this page it explicitly shows you the syntax for changing password
> expiration: VALID UNTIL '*timestamp*'
> Then the same page gives 2 working examples:
>
> Change a password expiration date, specifying that the password should
> expire at midday on 4th May 2015 using the time zone which is one hour
> ahead of UTC:
>
> ALTER ROLE chris VALID UNTIL 'May 4 12:00:00 2015 +1';
>
> Make a password valid forever:
>
> ALTER ROLE fred VALID UNTIL 'infinity';
>
>
> Please do a little research before submitting questions. We love to
> answer questions but it would be nice if you could do a little effort on
> your own in advance first.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Vitale
>
>
> Pepe TD Vo wrote on 8/2/2019 8:06 AM:
>
> I want to know too.
>
> I couldn't find the profile setting in Postgres as Oracle and all I do is
> "ALTER ROLE '${USER}' WITH PASSWORD '${password}' VALID UNTIL
> '${expiration_timestamp}';
>
> thank you.
>
>
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> On Friday, August 2, 2019, 07:26:23 AM EDT, Dhandapani Shanmugam
> <postgresql95(at)gmail(dot)com> <postgresql95(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
> Hey,
>
> I would like to know, do we have profile concept in PostgreSQL as like in
> Oracle.
> I have a requirement to expire user password in 90 days and in oracle, I
> can achieve this by creating profile with custom requirements and assign it
> to the users. Similarly in PostgreSQL do we have options to restrict the
> users on password complexity.
>
> -D
>
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